MUSE v. W.C.A.B.


514 Pa. 1 (1987)

522 A.2d 533

Lester R. MUSE, Appellee, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD and Western Electric Company, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 11, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl T. Britt, Philadelphia, for appellants.

C. George Milner, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.


OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

On February 16, 1973, Lester R. Muse (hereinafter "claimant") suffered a bilateral hernia which was classified as a work-related injury. Surgery was performed on June 23, 1973, to correct the impairment and a final receipt was executed on November 21, 1973, with regard to the claimant's workmen's compensation benefits. Benefits were thereafter reinstated in 1977 when it was discovered that the surgery had caused the atrophy of...

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